The Realm of Zhu

Trolldawn II: The Regeneration

2013-05-16T13:17:00.003-07:00

Last time, as you may remember we traced the origin of the contemporary Troll from Poul Andersons Three Hearts and Three Lions, to an obscure 1950s comic strip Marching Zombies, (which I'd picked up...

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Meridian Miniatures

2013-05-03T03:33:00.000-07:00

Miniatures sculptor Andrew May approached me for some graphic work for his up and coming range of Victorian Science Fiction / Steampunk miniatures. Images below: Meridian Miniatures |...

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Amazonia: Archeoideology

2013-04-26T03:21:00.000-07:00

Heading back to the Lustrian jungle, for another look at the Amazons, who are of course the all-female warrior tribe, loosely based on Greek myth intermixed with a heap of contemporary 1980s...

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Otherworld Adventurers and Dragons

2013-04-14T14:33:00.004-07:00

Unboxing the crowd-funded Adventurers box set... Here is a box... inside is a... carrier bag! I recognise that picture... There's another one in here... What's this at the...

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What if... TSR had published Rogue Trader

2013-04-08T00:34:00.000-07:00

TSR were the giant of roleplaying, the creators of D&D, and the originators of the gaming boom which gave rise to Games Workshop, which begat in the late 80s, a war filled future where there was...

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T-Shirt Update

2013-04-03T02:12:00.001-07:00

The next chapter in the ongoing campaign against naked gaming. First off Barrowmaze T-shirt: Barrowmaze T-shirt - click for bigger! The T-shirt features an insane undead cultist, a mongrelman, a...

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White Dwarf The 80s Soap Opera

2013-04-02T00:29:00.000-07:00

Was 1980s US TV series Dynasty the unlikely design inspiration for the 2012 White Dwarf revamp? Yes, it was. It appears that 1980s TV series Dynasty and subsequent...

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On the Hlýss origin of the Tyranid

2013-03-26T02:38:00.000-07:00

Ordo Xenos Astropath signals from the ancient warp-isolated Tékumel system report standard xenomorphic genetic dominance: Tyranid | WH40K:RT | 1988 Hlýss | Empire of the Petal Throne |...

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Goblinaid

2013-03-24T16:13:00.001-07:00

If you're not aware Kevin Adams (the miniatures sculptor) was attacked in a viscous assault and robbed in his own home a few nights ago. For more information go to the Goblinaid facebook page. It...

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Otherworld Spring Sale

2013-03-18T13:13:00.001-07:00

Otherworld Miniatures have just announced a Spring Sale, from 10% to 30% off many miniatures Lizardmen Warriors II £6.66 Cavemen Warriors I £9 Hmm, bit of a Lost World theme there, so best...

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On the Tsolyánu origins of the Druchii

2013-03-15T09:09:00.003-07:00

Tsolyáni Crossbowmen - MAR Barker | Legions of the Petal Throne 1977 | via The Tekumel Project Dark Elf | Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd Edition circa 1987 | via CCM Wiki Of course, there may be...

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Advanced Character Sheets from the Oubliette

2013-03-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

The Oubliettes 1978 style character sheets have arrived, so I grabbed a pan, a pencil, and rolled up a Gnomish Fighter! 1E AD&D PHB | Barrowmaze Dice | Rotring 600 Pencil | Oubliette Character...

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Oldhammer: T-Shirts of Chaos: Spring Summer 2013

2013-03-07T13:17:00.003-08:00

Announcing the arrival of Spring / Summer 2013 Oldhammer T-Shirts have in the Shop of Zhu Click for bigger! This season, we pay homage to one of the one of the finest pieces of graphic design...

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Khaös Warband: Children of the Red Redemption

2013-03-03T13:33:00.002-08:00

Another potential theme for my Khaös warband. This is a kind of childrens picture-book theme. Brian Jaques, Kenneth Grahame, C.S. Lewis, Allison Uttley, Beatrix Potter. Just the sort of thing Realms...

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Khaös Warband: TR00 AND KVLT

2013-02-25T01:35:00.001-08:00

Back to the old-school, some more ideas for my warband, a bit more a celebration of 30 years since the Mark of Chaos than 25 years of the Realms of Chaos, but let's face it, if the guys had got on...

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Khaös Warband: Otherworld Miniatures

2013-02-19T12:43:00.003-08:00

Looking at my randomly generated Realms of Chaos warband, the thing that immediately pops into my mind is to use Otherworld Miniatures range of D&D inspired minis. One reason is that I already...

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Amazonia: Hail to the Goddess

2013-02-15T03:23:00.001-08:00

In the grim dark past that was Thatchers Britain, the default setting of a game called Warhammer was a place called Lustria. The mutant brainchild of then GW game design supremo Richard Halliwell,...

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Khaös Warband

2013-02-10T15:54:00.000-08:00

Here goes creating a Realm of Chaos:Slaves to Darkness warband for Orlyggs chaos warbands game at the forthcoming Foundry do. These are my HAUS-ROOLZ: illustrate using only the work of Ian Miller...

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Amazonia: The Mysterious Cities of Gold

2013-02-06T06:58:00.000-08:00

It is the 16th century. From all over Europe, great ships sail west to conquer the New World, the Americas. The men eager to seek their fortune, to find new adventures in new lands. They long to...

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RBG & Oubliette Kickstarters

2013-02-02T14:29:00.003-08:00

Red Box Games RBG are back again with a new Kickstarter, this time kicking off with some Goblins, including these lovely footmen which have just been unlocked. Goblin Footmen Much in the vein...

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Origin of the Species: Fimir

2013-01-14T16:27:00.002-08:00

There's a one-eyed yellow idol To the north of Kathmandu; There's a little marble cross below the town; And a brokenhearted woman Tends the grave of 'Mad' Carew, While the yellow god for ever...

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Living Stone Magazine Issue #1

2012-12-29T03:49:00.000-08:00

Introducing Living Stone - the gaming magazine with a British sensibility focusing on cross-media game design, creative content and useable gaming material to provoke, provide inspiration and...

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Dungeons & Dragons & Demons & Drugfiends

2012-12-17T03:16:00.000-08:00

Silent post. I'm just going to post these images and make no comment regarding them, so draw your own conclusions. Or better yet, draw a map and populate a dungeon. Jay Lynch | Last Hit |...

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Trolling for Podlings

2012-12-07T23:56:00.002-08:00

Podlings, The Dark Crystal, Brian Froud, 1982 ...but when podlings eat a banana, an amazing transformation occurs... Trolls, TheHobbit, Weta, 2012 ...because podlings are...

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Oldhammer: UPS: Armour

2012-11-30T04:33:00.003-08:00

How to calculate Point values for armour in Oldhammer, finally! You've all been waiting for this, I'm sure, with baited breath. So without further ado, here goes: Typical armour profiles: “tech...

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